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Grand Coulee's incumbent Mayor Paul Townsend is seeking reelection. "I'm looking forward to another opportunity to continue on serving the community, and hopefully we just keep growing and improving our position," Townsend told The Star on Monday. "Bottom line is we need information and support from the citizens in the community. The council very seldom gets information in response from citizens until it's something negative. We need to know what the citizens want. We're making decisions. We...
Cameron Whitney, mayoral candidate in Grand Coulee, is hoping to boost the curb appeal of the town. Having travelled to Grand Coulee throughout his life, Whitney settled here with his partner Tracey Wright, who is running for city council in Grand Coulee, both of them moving here to get out of the rat race of their corporate backgrounds, Whitney said. "We wanted to live a slower pace, so we started to downsize our lifestyles," Whitney told The Star in an email, saying he didn't have time to...
Construction continues in Electric City, where more than a million dollars in street, sidewalk and water projects on Western Avenue, Coulee Boulevard, and Grand Avenue are underway. "Crews have successfully pulverized the asphalt and installed most of the stormwater facilities," a Sept. 19 update on the city's website, www.electriccity.us stated. Crews will continue stormwater facility work through this week, and water main construction should begin today (Sept. 25) to be completed the second...
This time around we’ll be looking at the historic weather results for our summer – June, July and August and the summer of 2019. We’ll also take a look-see at what is being predicted for our upcoming winter – December, January and February 2019-20. First, let’s delve into the world of predicted weather as provided by the Climate Prediction Center (CPC). The CPC, as I’ve mentioned before, is a service of the National Weather Service, an agency under the broader umbrella of the National Oc...
Grand Coulee Police 9/17 - A vehicle parked in the alley behind the senior manor on Continental Heights was blocking access for the city to do repairs. The owner was told by an officer to move the vehicle. They said they would. - A Child Protective Services employee asked an officer to escort her to a Dill Avenue residence. The person she wanted to talk to wasn’t home. 9/18 - A mother was concerned for her son who wasn’t at his home in Electric City. An officer checked, and the son is in jail. He was unable to reach the mother back to rel...
Following the firing of former fire chief Mark Payne last week, the other members of the Electric City Fire Department are still there and plan to stay there. “As of right now, we’re going to ride it out and see where it goes,” said Assistant Chief Gary Roscoe. “It’s our department, and we don’t want to disband. Most of us are hoping there’s a new mayor and some changes so we aren’t fighting this constantly. As volunteers, it’s hard to volunteer if they’re constantly pushing you out the door.” “The Mayor and myself will work with the remaining...
The grand entry marked the beginning of Coulee Medical Center's fourth annual Gathering of Wellness Powwow, led by the traditional eagle staff, and flags of the United States, The Colville Tribes and POWs missing in action. In the parking lot across the highway from the hospital, the event, which has grown each year, attracted 37 sponsors and trade booths, including some of the hospital's own departments. They do everything from handing out educational flyers to selling powwow paraphernalia....
Okanogan County voters will be asked on the Nov. 5 general election ballot to approve a tax meant to upgrade emergency communication systems and facilities. The Okanogan County Sheriff's Office explains the need for the tax by detailing the current state of the system used by fire, emergency management services, and police first responders in Okanogan County. Existing radio repeater equipment is based on 40-year-old technology at the end of its life, and there are no replacement parts for...
Councilmember Aaron Derr is running for mayor of Electric City and wants to fix the perception that city hall is running amok and just doing what it wants. "There were things with city hall I felt needed to be better," Derr said about his decision to run for mayor in an interview with The Star on Tuesday. He'd like to see city hall show "a willingness to be more communicative to the community." "For instance, with this Western Avenue construction," he said, "on the web page, it's just a small...
At the behest of her fellow citizens, Diane Kohout is running for mayor of Electric City, with the intention of giving the citizens more of a voice in their government. "What I want to bring back to the city is to have someone that they can actually talk to and hopefully get answers from," Kohout told The Star in an interview on Monday. "I want the city government to be more open and the people of the city to have more of a voice." "I think what we will do is have certain times when the mayor wi...
A BMW sits in the middle of the intersection of Fir and Sixth Streets in Coulee Dam at 8:30 Saturday morning after suddently catching fire. No one was hurt. Units from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and Coulee Dam Fire Department responded. A police officer at the scene said the car belonged to someone just going to work. — Scott Hunter photo...
Grand Coulee Police 9/10 - Police told a juvenile girl at a house on Kelso Avenue about a barking dog complaint. She apologized and said she’d bring the dog inside. 9/11 - Police were made aware of a blue Chevy truck with a white stripe that has been around Hill Avenue when kids get on and off the bus in the mornings and afternoons. The superintendent of of schools told police he would have bus drivers keep an eye out for the truck and to get a license plate or driver description. Police didn’t see a vehicle matching the description when it...
Now former Electric City fire chief Mark Payne was fired Tuesday night, after the city council voted unanimously to carry out the mayor’s recommendation to remove Payne from the post in which he’s served since 2013. Payne had faced a second disciplinary hearing Monday to respond to charges he hadn’t complied with a plan set in place after the first one last spring, and that he’d been insubordinate toward the city administrator. Payne had met with Mayor John Nordine and City Administrator Russ Powers to discuss possible discipline that could b...
KELLER – Keller Ferry users will need to plan additional travel time during an upcoming closure. Material procurement delays and curing of paint have pushed back the 16-day closure, initially scheduled to begin by Friday, Sept. 13. The ferry vessel M/V Sanpoil will now be out of service from Monday, Sept. 16, through Wednesday, Oct. 2. Travelers planning to cross the Columbia River on State Route 21 should choose an alternate route during the closure, via SR 25 or SR 155 and SR 174. Plan additional time for travel as it can take up to an hour t...
It’s good to have goals so you know which direction to go. The Grand Coulee Dam School District board of directors discussed the district’s “Strategic Plan” Monday night and the goals it contains. Superintendent Paul Turner described the strategic plan as a “living document” as the group discussed its three goals, the objectives behind each goal, and possible changes to the goals, the order they’re in, and other aspects of the document that the board may feel needs amending, or clarification. Board Director George LaPlace wants more input fr...
City hall getting new address for same location The Electric City Council passed a resolution Tuesday changing the city hall address from 10 Western Avenue to 10 Stevens Avenue. The change came from the removal of the stretch of Western in front of city hall in a construction project currently being worked on that is to eventually include a larger parking lot in front of city hall. The resolution passed 4-1, with Councilmember Birdie Hensley voting no. City Administrator Russ Powers said the city prints its letters and other documents as needed...
Under the scoreboard erected last year at Lake Roosevelt High's footbal field, for which they raised funds, American Legion members measure and level a new sign Monday that says "THANK YOU VETS" that fans at Friday night's game will see. From left are, Jon Halvorsen, Greg Behrens, Jim Brakebill, Ben Alling, and Monty Fields. - Scott Hunter photo...
A design image from ID Sculpture shows a mammoth head with playground equipment, which the Electric City Council chose unanimously on Tuesday, opting for the so-called "live" mammoth structure for their "Ice Age Park" over a skeletal one. The skeletal one would be "kind of creepy," Councilmember Aaron Derr said in his motion....
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He put a ring on her finger the night she graduated from high school seven decades ago, and the love was still palpable between them Saturday as Don and Gerry McClure celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. Friends and family came from as far away as Florida to the McClure Ranch north of Nespelem, where the two have made their home on the acreage homesteaded by Don's father and grandfather in 1918. "Lightning stuck," Gerry McClure said about Don's proposal that came just three days after...
Local artist Keith Powell answers questions about his art at an event at the Grand Coulee Library Sept. 5. Powell spoke about his past, present, and future, with stories about some of his work, and anecdotes from his life, as well as pieces of history that inspired him. One of the works he showed was a steel eagle head (to left in photo) he is working on by hitting the cold steel over an anvil with a hammer. "I see a lot of artists do eagles, and it's like they aren't looking at the same bird I...
A 19-year-old Grand Coulee woman was not injured in a wreck south of Mesa, Washington Monday. The Washington State Patrol reported that Meliya R. Zarate was driving north in the right lane on the highway about three miles south of Mesa when a car in the left lane merged into her lane. She overcorrected and rolled the 2000 Dodge Durango she was driving, the Patrol said. The report listed her as not injured, but indicated she was taken nevertheless to Lourdes Medical Center in Pasco. The accident was caused by inattention, the report...
Grand Coulee Police 9/3 - A man reported his blue truck had been hit in the Safeway parking lot, out of view of security cameras. There were scratches and dents on the fender, and a transfer of orange paint or rust from the offending vehicle. An officer took photos of the damage. - A juvenile with a longboard and backpack was banned from Safeway after reportedly cussing and yelling at customers and employees. 9/4 - A brown dog was reportedly walking with a limp near the American Legion building along SR-155 in Electric City. - A panic alarm...
Should medical marijuana be treated like any other medicine at school? The state thinks so, and Grand Coulee Dam School District directors last week briefly discussed a possible policy on the matter during a first reading of several policies. When a policy regarding medication at school came up at their meeting Aug. 26, Superintendent Paul Turner brought the board’s attention to a paragraph about medical marijuana in particular, which explains that although the substance may be legal in some states, it is still illegal at the federal level a...
Sonny and Lisa Moeckel stand at their booth at the Fifth Annual Plateau Native Art Show at North Dam Park Saturday after taking first place in the judging and also the People's Choice award. Frank Andrews III took second, and taking third was Ric Gendron, seated at left, whom Sonny Moeckel called "my favorite artist," took third. The event is sponsored by the Northwest Native Development Fund in Coulee Dam, which also operates a gallery on Spokane Way in Grand Coulee. - Scott Hunter...